1938 MLB Wins by Team

The New York Yankees led all of MLB in wins in 1938, with 99, 10 ahead of the Chicago Cubs. The average across 30 MLB teams is 48.3.

Led all of MLB in 1938 New York Yankees 157 games

99 Wins 10 clear of Chicago Cubs

#	Team	League	G	W
1	New York Yankees	AL	157	99
2	Chicago Cubs	NL	154	89
3	Boston Red Sox	AL	150	88
4	Cleveland Indians	AL	153	86
4	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	152	86
6	Detroit Tigers	AL	155	84
7	New York Giants	NL	152	83
8	Cincinnati Reds	NL	151	82
9	Boston Bees	NL	153	77
10	Washington Senators	AL	152	75
11	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	156	71
12	Brooklyn Dodgers	NL	151	69
13	Chicago White Sox	AL	149	65
14	St. Louis Browns	AL	156	55
15	Philadelphia Athletics	AL	154	53
	MLB average			48.3
16	Philadelphia Phillies	NL	151	45
17	Homestead Grays	NN2	52	38
18	Philadelphia Stars	NN2	68	31
19	Kansas City Monarchs	NAL	68	30
20	Chicago American Giants	NAL	65	22
21	Atlanta Black Crackers	NAL	54	21
21	Baltimore Elite Giants	NN2	47	21
23	Pittsburgh Crawfords	NN2	49	18
24	Memphis Red Sox	NAL	58	15
24	Newark Eagles	NN2	52	15
26	Jacksonville Red Caps	NAL	23	8
26	New York Black Yankees	NN2	39	8
28	Indianapolis ABCs	NAL	38	7
29	Birmingham Black Barons	NAL	48	5
30	Washington Black Senators	NN2	21	2

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as ERA and batting average are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.